Elizabeth Sadoques Mason: One of the first Native American Registered Nurses in the United States
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Earth Day 2023: Be Inspired by Carol Ruckdeschel, the “Tireless defender of sea turtles” and more.
In honor of Earth Day, April 22, 2023, we’re rerunning this post about the amazing...
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Barbara McClintock: Breaking “Illogical Barriers,” American Woman Biologist (1902-1992)
Barbara McClintock once stated that she was “not a feminist” which would, in effect, disqualify...
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50 Women Sculptors: A Monumental Resource
While preparing to interview Cheryl Robson who initiated the establishment of the Virginia Woolf...
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Theodora Kroeber: Stringing Together the Bone Beads of History
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Katalin Karikó: The biochemist who persisted!
Update: Since discovering scientist Katalin Karikó and the role she’s played in the...
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Ada Lovelace: Math, Vision, and Ambition in a Woman Meets Certain Death in Victorian England – Women Writing Code
When I think of Ada Lovelace 1815-1852, widely recognized as the first computer programmer, I...
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Marie Curie: The Quest to Know, Polish/French Woman Writer and Scientist (1867-1934)
“Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.” ~Marie Curie Marie Curie discovered...
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Matilda Joslyn Gage: In Her Name, American Woman Writer and Activist (1826-1898)
A few weeks back, I came upon a term I had not heard before, the ‘Matilda Effect’. It’s defined...
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